Live: Taxpayers fund $630m pay boost for care workers

12-10-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au

Live: Taxpayers fund $630m pay boost for care workers

Nearly half a million health, disability and community workers will get a taxpayer-funded top-up to their wages, the government has confirmed. Follow live.

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